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Why Your Employees Aren't Committed to Your Company Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality” — William Bennis In this short video, Gary Hamel discusses why leaders must shift their roles from authors to editors and why traditional strategic planning must die. The following video breaks down the difference between strategic planning and strategic thinking. Refinement.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

Cultivate Your Cultural Agility. Culture is one of the most potent forces in business. Culture identifies what is essential and reinforces communication norms and behaviors for leaders—cultural forces impact leadership communication effectiveness and, ultimately, organizational effectiveness.

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How HR Can Become Agile (and Why It Needs To)

Harvard Business

If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. For example, a Google search for “agile software development” returns over 14 million results. Related Video.

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The Amazon–Whole Foods Deal Means Every Other Retailer’s Three-Year Plan Is Obsolete

Harvard Business

When Amazon announced last week that it will acquire Whole Foods Market, a grocery chain with over 450 retail stores and deep industry talent, for $13.7 That means retailers must learn to compete head-on with Amazon in two fundamental capabilities: agile innovation and expense management. Agile innovation teams are small.

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How to Help the Employees You Gain in a Merger Succeed

Harvard Business

Talent acquisition is acqui-hiring’s main purpose, say innovation pundits — everything else matters less. While the size and circumstances of Jet.com’s deal are atypical, one clear takeaway stands out: These types of acquisitions aren’t about procuring talent; they’re about producing impact.

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How Spotify Balances Employee Autonomy and Accountability

Harvard Business

In these activities, speed of innovation is critical, and the rallying cry should be autonomy, small teams, and organizational agility. Spotify is a 10-year-old music, video, and podcast streaming company with 30 million paying subscribers and about $3 billion in revenue. Other areas, however, may benefit from standardized approaches.

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Future of Work = A Culture of Meaning and Purpose

Cheryl Cran

One of the infographic statistics states that 68% of employees feel their company doesn’t create a culture in which employees have a sense of purpose and meaningful impact. The senior leadership of Omnitel made big and bold moves to shift the focus to transformation and to create a culture where everyone at all levels were valued.

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